This is still not an official crop report. NASS has still not been in touch with me. I have conducted no official surveys of randomly selected farmers across West Texas or Southwest Oklahoma to gauge how well the cotton looks as harvest gets under...

I was not aware until earlier this week that October is Non-GMO Month, a time apparently set aside to wallow in ignorance and ignore science, a time to offer unsupported and repudiated claims about the health hazards of genetically modified food ...

This is not an official crop report. NASS has not been in touch with me. I have conducted no official surveys of randomly selected farmers across West Texas to gauge how well cotton, peanuts and grain sorghum are faring as harvest nears. But, bas...

I saw Danny Davis several times back in the early spring at crop conferences in West Texas and Southwest Oklahoma. Over the years I’ve known him, I’ve always looked forward to seeing him. And when we crossed paths, he always, with feigned relucta...

I’m not much of a mechanic. Actually, I’m not the least bit mechanically inclined. So, last week when my truck started shaking every time I pressed on the accelerator I did what any red-blooded American man does in that situation: I pulled into a...

About three weeks ago we took a family road trip, leaving Northeast Tennessee and driving through the western tip of Virginia, through West Virginia and on up to Pittsburg, from where we headed east and north through Upstate New York, Vermont...